Liberia: Uncontrolled Waste Poses Public Health Threat to Citizens
[New Republic] Health Experts are worried about garbage disposals and the digging of wells by some Liberians in the Country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 7, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: In Bong County, Wasudev and Food Fluency Trained Women On Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
[New Republic] -Holds Stakeholders' Meeting to Review Draft Curriculum (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 7, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Liberians Turn to Facebook to Find 'Good Samaritans' to Fill Healthcare Gaps
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia, Liberia -- Like too many people across Liberia Fatu Washington spent much of her youth "living with rejection from friends and neighbors", as she put it, in her home village of 'Joseph Town' in Bomi County. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Fails Seriously Ill Liberians Turn to Facebook to Find 'Good Samaritans' Filling Gaps One Patient At a Time As Health Care Systems
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia, Liberia -- Like too many people across Liberia Fatu Washington spent much of her youth "living with rejection from friends and neighbors", as she put it, in her home village of 'Joseph Town' in Bomi County. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: WASUDEV and Food Fluency Train Women On Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Bong County
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As part of efforts in training women on Nutrition sensitive agriculture in Liberia, the Women in Agriculture for Sustainable Development (WASUDEV) in collaboration with Food Fluency recently hosted Agriculture and nutrition sensitive workshops for women smallholder farmers in Bong County. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Glaucoma - 'The Silent Thief of Sight' Many Liberians Are Unaware of
[FrontPageAfrica] The thought of going blind is frightening, yet this is the reality for many Liberians who are unknowingly battling with glaucoma. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Doctors Battle Glaucoma at JFK
[New Dawn] Doctors at the Liberia Eye Center at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center are battling Glaucoma, a disease that has become the leading cause of irreversible blindness in Liberia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 3, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

A syndemic born of war: combining intersectionality and structural violence to explore the biosocial interactions of neglected tropical diseases, disability and mental distress in Liberia - Dean L, Theobald S, Nallo G, Bettee A, Kollie K, Tolhurst R.
The intersections between NTDs, disability, and mental ill-health are increasingly recognised globally. Chronic morbidity resultant from many NTDs, particularly those affecting the skin-including lymphatic filariasis (LF), leprosy, Buruli ulcer (BU) and on... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Liberia: U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator Commends the Ministry of Health for 'Laudable Job' in Reducing Malaria Infections
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Dr. David Walton, United States of America's new Global Malaria Coordination, has commended the Ministry of Health, along with community health workers, for a 'laudable job' done in the fight to reduce the rate of malaria infection cases in Liberia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Liberia: LMHRA Promises Continual Regulatory Support to Global Pharmaceuticals
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Managing Director of the Liberia Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority, Pharmacist Keturah C. Smith-Chineh, has vowed the authority's continual support to the growth of the Global Pharmaceuticals & Laboratories Manufacturing Company through regulatory functions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Sister Aid Liberia' Holds Dialogue for the Speedy Passage of the Public Health
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The public health sector of Liberia is largely in tatters - operationally and legally. The effective functioning of health facilities, organizational structural issues, and a lack of a defined legal framework, among other concerns, persist. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: GOL Commits U.S.,$ 1.8 Million to Augment Health Workers' Salaries
[New Republic] The Government of Liberia has committed $ US 1.8 Million to augment the salaries of Health Workers in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 28, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: President Weah Calls for Collective Effort in Confronting Challenges in Health Sector
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President George M. Weah has called for a collaborative effort in addressing the daunting challenges grappling the health sector. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 23, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: 'Liberia, A Remarkable Example in Building a Strong National Community Health Workforce'
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia's leadership in building a strong national community health workforce program has been described as a remarkable example of partnership, commitment, and innovation. This program has transformed how health services are delivered and has brought quality and affordable care to many communities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 23, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: President Weah Inspires Health Workers At 3rd Health Workers Symposium
[Govt of Liberia] The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah has underscored the importance of the medical profession and vowed that his government would continue to improve and expand access to healthcare delivery across the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 23, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news